Steven Zalaznick
October 30, 2022
The material itself was extremely challenging and added on to the prior 4 levels almost too much. But with Nicolás help we learned, we laughed and we made it through.
Now review and on to basic conversation.
Mary McLaughlin
September 17, 2022
The course was well organized and well presented. I understood when to us subjunctive verb tense for the first time.
Eric Elowitz
August 24, 2022
The Level 5 course with Rolando was excellent. Covered a lot of material but was well organized and understandable. Many of the classes involved conversation practice and skills. Would recommend this course highly.
Emma Trindel
May 15, 2022
I did levels 1-5 at Berges and all of them were great! The textbook provided is full of knowledge to refer back to and they teach you a lot. Definitely feel like I got what I paid for, learned a lot, and enjoyed my instructor (Alan) and the class as a whole!
Ericka McFee
April 11, 2022
This was the most challenging class but it was still a lot of fun.
Andrew Parece
March 22, 2022
This course is difficult but in a good way...it is level 5, after all. There's a lot to learn but with constant practice, repetition, and conversation, I feel I am on my way to mastering Spanish.
Jerry Crasnick
February 18, 2022
This class addresses the subjunctive, the imperative and other verb tenses. If you're not into grammar, it's probably not for you. But it's such an important part of speaking the language properly, I found it quite valuable. We would begin with some brief conversation and then go through a section in the workbook. Nelson assigned homework each week and we went through our answers the following week. I learned a lot in the class. If I have one minor criticism, it's that there's a lot of ground to cover and I didn't feel quite sure that I had mastered the material by the end. There are a lot of verb tenses flying around and you have to work outside the class to keep learning. I had to do a little searching to find places where I could practice the tenses.
Dawn Watkins
February 14, 2022
Since taking this course my understanding of Spanish has greatly improved. Yes, it's a lot but I can really now follow along when I hear Spanish songs and when I watch telenovelas.
Augusta Kennedy
October 29, 2021
This course helped fill in the remaining grammar gaps after Levels1-4. As always, the progression was logical and manageable. I really appreciated the small class size and the opportunity to practice speaking Spanish. My instructor for level 5 Silvana was so patient and good at what she does. Level 5 was my favorite level so far!
Dawn Darby
September 9, 2021
Nick is a great teacher and excellent at explaining Spanish grammar . This was my second class with him. Would highly recommend taking his class!
Mayssa Chatila
September 8, 2021
I felt that the level 5 could have been divided into two sections. A lot of material is covered in this course.
Kelly Clinton
August 27, 2021
Great course and really helps to clarify some confusing topics in Spanish!
Nicole Vlado
August 25, 2021
Level 5 was a challenging but fun final grammar course -- I enjoyed learning the nuances of the subjunctive and conditional tenses. The integration of conversational language practice during class combined with the adapted reading assignments provided as part of the workbook really allowed me to continuously test my skills on and off the page. The on-line format made attendance really easy, and I truly enjoyed the small class size (and the familiar faces of my peers from prior classes).
Joseph Rivera
August 16, 2021
The course was great and helped me to make sense of some structures (particularly the subjunctive) that I've struggled with since high school (so for about 2 decades). I'm definitely not 100% fluent with the various skills that we learned, but I don't believe that's possible in such a relatively short time. However, I understand when and why others use these grammatical forms, and I am capable of using them myself. My ability to use them also improves weekly as I practice.
Michelle Kehn
August 8, 2021
This course was jam-packed! And did not leave a lot of space for review of the level 4, which was also jam-packed.
Martha Anthony
July 26, 2021
All the years I have studied Spanish Berges is by far the beat. The courses are taught in a practical way to make it stick. Logical and organized curriculum will take your Spanish to the next level.
Daisy Okas
July 6, 2021
it was difficult to have the instructor leave midway and that impacted my learning. Since we knew he'd be taking paternity i wondered why not choose another instructor from the start. also the other students dropped along with him and while it's great to have more 1-1 time, i wasnt prepared for that initially. also wasnt ableto make up a missed class due to limited offerings at level 5.
Nadja Weidmann
July 6, 2021
After Nelsons paternity leave different instructors. A lot of new information to learn and everything in spanish. Impossible for me to follow and understand correctly.
I quit the course as I felt overwhelmed with everything - changes of instructors and method of teaching.
Kala Sharae Gabler
May 14, 2021
I didn't enjoy this course as much as I enjoyed 2 & 3; I think I needed more time to practice and process the subjuntivo, condicional, compuesto y imperativo modos. It was a lot for one level. This may be because in each of the other levels, I already knew and had worked with 2-3 of the main concepts so I just got to improve my understanding, whereas with level 5, I was starting from scratch.
Ryan
May 1, 2021
The course was very informative and helpful. Alexandra is an amazing professor that has a caring passion for her craft. She really tries to help her students learn.